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take a look at this, the "a"aantis" astronauts have completed their last-ever space walk. they spent about 6 1/2 hours outside the shuttle retrieving a broken pump and attaching a satellite-refueling module. >> this is hard work. by the way. i know it looks like they're just floating around. this is exhausting stuff. they also took some time to admire the view, of course. about 245 miles below. checking out the blue marble. and the kennedy space center. on the next swing around, mission control in houston. >> which is very sad. you look at it, looks like they're still. but actually they're, of course, circling around. >> they are moving at 17,500 miles an hour. to put that into perspective that's 5 miles a second. >> nerd alert. no, it's true. it's amazing what they can do and how skilled they are. you have to hand it to those astronauts. >> it is the end of an era. we'll be back with more "world news now." ♪

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we know there's a lot of parents watching right now, up in the middle of the night taking care of your baby. with a baby in the house here's something you maybe haven't thought about that could be an issue. we're talking about a little tiny strand of hair. >> exactly. this one baby actually in tampa, a tampa suburb, almost lost a toe because of that strand of hair. that's right, you did hear us right. >> are you happy? >> reporter: like most moms kimberly grubbs loves her baby. she never imagined something her baby loves, her hair, would be dangerous. >> you'd never think your hair would be a weapon. >> reporter: she found it was. thursday night norah would not stop crying. playing with her toes normally calms norah down. so kimberly took off her socks. >> i saw hair wrapped around the three fingers that were close

right t ere. >> reporter: the hair was so tightly wrapped, kimberly was afraid to cut them off. mother's instinct told her to rush norah to the closest hospital. the e.r. at uch. inside the pediatric unit, she didn't even have to wait. she knew her intuition was right. norah was in trouble. >> four nurses came in, the doctor came in, they were holding her down, and she was screaming at the top of her lungs and i was crying, she was crying. >> reporter: sure enough, the doctor and daniel green, the physician's assistant working on norah, told her it was her hair wrapped around three of her baby's toes. doctors told kimberly the hairs were likely in norah's socks and got there in the laundry. >> threads of hair were wrapped so tightly around her skin it started to erode into her skin and her whole toe was red and angry-looking. >> reporter: kimberly showed me these pictures taken at the hospital after the hairs were removed. apparently she got there in the nick of time. >> if she would have waited much longer she probably would have lost her toe. >> reporter: at first this mother thought, what are the

chances of that? turns out, pretty high, according to the doctor. >> he said it was very common. and they have a name for it. hair tourniquet syndrome. which i didn't even know they'd have a name for it or that it was common. >> those toes are so kissable. >> they are. that's something a lot of parents should look out for. the toes or if you have a boy baby, it's the other area. you've got to look out for that. >> you're absolutely right, you never know.ç >> i learned this at the hospital. >> parents don't always think of these things. it'sore common in infants because babies can't move away from the hair. we've both got infants, we know how that goes. >> that's exactly right. coming up, drama for actress halle berry and this was no act. >> this was really terrifying. also from the governor's mansion to a marital scandal, now to a brand-new acting role. we'll tell you what's coming up next for arnold schwarzenegger. "the skinny" is around the corner. we'll tell you what's coming up next for arnold schwarzenegger. "the skinny" is around the corner.

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this a aor is. >> i'll be back! >> i'll be right back. >> i'll be back! >> i'll be back. >> i'll be back. >> i think everyone knows. >> did you get it? turns out arnold schwarzenegger wasn't kidding. he is going to be back in a new movie called "the last stand," a western flick. this not long after the controversy between him and maria shriver, his love child with the housekeeper, all these things that have spun out of his exit from the governor's office. >> hollywood's very forgiving, though. >> and you do o ve to wonder, has he lost a lot of fans? will they stick around? are they still interested in him as an action hero now that he's a little older than he was before? he's 63. >> we've also been seeing him as a governator more than the termrmator. going right from a politician back to the movie screen. >> we'll see. >> we'll see how it goes. he's got to earn some cash to pay for that settlement. >> good point. >> yeah. all right. this is very scary. we're talking about halle berry. she's recently gotten a restraining order against this stalker that continues to harass

her. his name is richard franco, he's 27 years old, he's been arrested several times for stalking her. now get this, she was in her kitchen. she looked out -- >> he hopped over a security gate at one point, right? >> hopped over a fence in her yard and this is a quote, she said, i opened my glass kitchen door, closed it behind me, i sensed somebody behind me and turned to see this intruder who i'd seen in my yard before standing less than a foot behind me, staring at me through my kitchen door. >> you hate to see any celebrity go through something like that. halle berry just seems so lovely. >> he's supposed to be 100 yards away from her, her daughter, her house, her car, heheworkplace. we'll see how that goes. because this guy's in a lot of trouble. arrested him on her property. >> right. good point. all right. the planking craze continues. if you don't know what planking is, go to the internets and type in the word planking. the idea is that you pose in this vertical position, as still as you can, and this is katy perry. >> that's daniel.

>> yeah, me and my merman outfit. she's wearing a mermaid outfit. everybody is saying, why are you -- a, why are you planking? b, why are you in a mermaid outfit? some people think it's a nod to a music video. something she's got up her sleeve. there are a lot of celebrities doing this. >> is she under water? she's kind of channeling daryl hannah. i'm waiting for tom hanks. >> yesterday it was richard simmons. >> we remember that photo. >> who could forget. >> i had a nightmare about that. >> you can unsee that later. >> and side note, what is he wearing? is that a shirt? it looks like a decoupage -- >> a blouse shirt. >> streamers with tape. okay. charlie sheen and brooke, his second, now -- actually it's his third ex-wife now -- >> estranged. >> they have recently come to a custody settlement that is kind of eyebrow-raising. can you raise your eyebrow? can you do that thing? >> i can. >> this is what this makes you want to do. hold on. they say they do not have to have any drug testing, either of them. it makes you go, what? >> very responsible parents clearly. >> it seems they have the twins

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keep you in touch with your toddler but it also teaches them as well. we have this report from seoul, korea. >> reporter: for working parents wanting to keep an eye on their little ones at home, this s new robot works as a remote-controlled video camera, video phone, and a fun toy for all. developed by a south korean company, key-bot is the world's first intellent robot for toddlers. the leap in technology is these cards equipped with radio frequency identification technology. rfid. in other words, intelligent bar codes. it makes it easy and simple enough for babies to operate. just a simple tap with the mommy card connects joey with a video call with her mom at work. but for parents the benefit is the other way around. when mom gina calls in, she can remotely move around key-bot to find her kids. >> i can move the things around and see their face. not calling them into the screen. but i usually have to call for, where's the baby? i look for the chance that the

babysitter shows me around. but now likeke can control the thing. >> reporter: another big-time merit is the entertaining aspect of this high-tech interactive toy that read can read, teach and sing in multi languages. >> translator: i like it because it teaches words in english which i cannot do. >> reporter: programs are downloadable by just touching the screen, no synchronizing involved. plenty of high-tech toys are out in the market. the huge breakthrough is that this is a connected communicating device, all possible here in south korea since 98% of homes have broadband access, making it the world's most wired country. abc news, seoul. >> south korea, very much on the cutting edge of technology. no, not cheap. >> no. it's going to cost you about 447 bucks if you're interested in getting one of those. >> if you do get one you can go to the website and get 300 children's songs, fairy tales and animation. whatever works in some cases to connect with your children.

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this morning on "world news now," plan "b." a top republican comes up with a new option to o address the federal debt crisis. >> it is a sign that both parties are compromising and making progress as well. while facing a critical financial deadline. it's wednesday, july 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. senator mitch mcconnell announced that plan "b" as the president expressed his concerns about the social security payments being in jeopardy as of next month. we'll explain the latest options to end his political and also financial deadlock. >> i believe it also involves eating some peas. >> eat your peas! >> and doing some homework. clearly they have a deadline to get to here. the more time goes on, the more folks are worried about the

ramifications of it in the short term and also in the long term. >> absolutely. also ahead, friendship, politics and fond remembrances of first lady betty ford. see how her friends eulogized a woman who made her mark on american history. gosh, what a first lady she was, too. so iconic. >> honestly such an inspiration for so many people. really bringing things such as drug addiction and alcoholism out ofofhe closet. and making it okay to have a problem with these substances. so many people came out to pay their respects. >> the who's who of the political world. >> very true. also coming up later this half hour, a pennsylvania restaurant owner who refuses to allow kids in the dining room. we've been asking you about this policy on our facebook p page a it's turned into quite a debate. some people say this is outrageous they won't let kids to this restaurant. other folks are sang hear, hear. >> we'll get into some of your responses. please go to wnnfans.com and post.

people are pretty passionate about this. >> especially if you're a parent you have an opinion on this one. but yeah. it's definitely getting a lot of heat. >> absolutely. first, it is not the long-term debt deal the president and lawmakers had been hoping for. but it just might avert a financial crisisisor the time being. >> we're talking about a proposal that would allow the government to continue borrowing money. john hendren has details now from washington. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, daniel and p >> reporter: good morning, daniel and p wanted a big debt deal. now he still wants aise nation's debt limit. he just doesn't want any credit for it. call it plan "b." >> this is, again, not my first choice. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell calls a last-choice option. it's a kind of doomsday scenario that raises the nation's credit limit before we run out of money on august 2nd, without republicans having to vote for it. >> i would advocate that we pass legislation giving the president the authority, the authority, to request of us an increase in the debt ceiling that would take us past the end of his term.

>> reporter: it works like this. congress would pass a bill giving the president the authority to ask for $2.5 trillion in debt limit increases between now and 2013. congress would then pass a bill disapproving it, allowing the president to veto that and get the extension. that, after president obama expressed newfound pessimism in an interview with cbs that social security checks would be paid after the government runs out of money. >> i cannot guarantee that those checks go out on august 3rd if we haven't resolved this issueu. because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it. >> reporter: talk of plan "b" followed an impasse in which both sides hardened their positions. >> this debt limit increase is his problem. and i think it's time for him to lead by putting his plan on the table. >> we must protect medicare and social security. >> reporter: both sides say they still believe in the end they will have a deal that avoids making uncle sam a deadbeat. what exactly will be in that deal we likely won't know until about the time that deadli arrives. daniel and peggy?

>> nothing like the last minute. >> as we keep saying this is really sort of government, where people really need to put their different partisan issues aside and come together, make some concessions on both sides. >> it's going to have to happen. >> top congressional lawmakers do have a meeting with the president again at the white house late this afternoon. >> let's hope we see some progress because we need to get this done. that's for sure. newly released video shows the man who kidnapped jaycee dugard was targeting other children. just horrifying. this home video shows philip and nancy garrido secretly taping boys and girls at a playground. on the tape they can be heard discussing what the children were wearing and whether their shorts were revealing enough. there's s also anonoerer ururngng stotory o o of cacaforn. a woman has been arrested after police say she cut off her husband's penis and put it down the garbage disposal. they say katherine becker drugged her husband's dinner before the attack. when he fell asleep she began an assault with a ten-inch kitchen knife. >> when the officers went in there they found the husband ofofuselelfrom thehe g ginrea,

untied the victim from the bed. they saw that his penis had been cut off by presumably the wife. >> he is now in the hospital after emergency surgery. the couple is in the process of divorcing. while the wife would not say why she attacked her husband, she did say he deserved it. a polygamist family getting fame on a new reality show is heading to court today. the stars of "sister wives" are filing a suit fighting utah's law against bigamy. as abc's dan harris reports, they insist t ey have a right to be left alone. >> she's a sister from the same mister. and he's a brother from another mother. >> reporter: you may not approve of the life cody brown lives with his four wives and their 16 children on tlc's "sister wives." but they say they have every right to live it. now their renowned constitutional attorney who is ç not a polygamist is set to ask the federal courts to decriminalize the practice.

his argument, the browns are consenting adults living out their faith and they're not hurting anybody. >> right now we live in a bizarre situation where everyone agrees that you can have multiple lovers, you can have children by those lovers, you can even have adulterous lovers, and you're protected as a citizen of the united states. but the minute you tell them privately that you view them as spiritual spouses, the state comes in and prosecutes you. >> reporter: the law banning polygamy dates back to a supreme court decision in 1879. the cocourt said it may be a religious practice, but it esn't deserve constitutional protection any more than human sacrifice, which they considered to be comparable. but this is the same court that banned interracial marriage. so should polygamy be reconsidered too? >> if you've got a case where you have all consenting adults and nobody's being hurt, what's wrong with that? >> i don't care what these people are telling you. there's not a single polygamous family out there that the women are truly happy inside. >> reporter: critics say there

is plenty of evidence that lygamy fosters abuse. remember those allegations of children forced to marry older men in that mormon splinter group? the browns' atatrney says there is no abuse in this family and he challenges everyone to join the argument. who is really being hurt here? dan harris, abc news, new york. opening statements are expected today in the perjury trial of baseball great roger clemens. he's accused of lying to congress when clemens said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. most of the jurors are women who say they have little or no interest in pro baseball. the trial could last about a month. former first lady betty ford's body is being flown today to grand rapids for another memorial service. >> at her funeral in california, ford was remembered for boldly opening up about her personal struggles. abc's diana alvear brings us the fond memories. good morning, diana. >> reporter: peggy and daniel, good morning. it's easy to see why so many people loved betty ford. her family and friends talked

about a woman with strong midwestern roots, a firm sense of self, and above all a huge heart. memories of betty ford filled st. margaret's church. mourners recalled a woman who stayed true to herself no matter the circumstances. >> "i'll move to the white house, do the best i can, and if they don't like it, they can kick me out. but they can't make me be somebody i'm not." >> reporter: funny, feisty, and above all, fearless. ford personalized the role of first lady. >> women no longer are ashamed of having mastectomies. >> reporter: a america witnesse her courage as she battled breast cancer. her bravery continued upon leaving the white house. she admitted struggling with addiction and publicly discussed her treatment. later founding the betty ford clinic. >> today i am a very grateful recovering alcoholic. >> she was never afraid to speak the truth. even about the most sensitive subjects.

including her own struggles with alcohol and painkillers. >> reporter: fellow former first lady roslyn carter fondly recalled their decades-long friendship. as three other first ladies -- michelle obama, hillary clinton, and nancy reagan -- listened. former president george w. bush also attended in lieu of his wife laura. they celebrated ford's extraoaordinary life and legacyf courage and compassion. there is a humorous moment during cokie roberts' eulogy when she said betty ford had specifically asked her to talk about bridging political differences in washington during her eulogy. and roberts said it almost seemed as though she scheduled her own funeral to happen right when washington needed to hear that most. peggy, daniel? >> diana, thank you so much. >> isn't that interesting that five year later those words would come to be so true. as we're in this stalemate. all right, little buddy. another sad passing in southern california. this man made a living making people laugh.

>> he certainly did. we're talking about sherwood schwartz. he created two lowbrow iconic sitcoms known for their schlocky theme songs. ♪ the mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and surere♪ >> not long after "gilligan's island" he created "the brady bunch" in 1969. critics hated the show but viewers still love it even to this day. the reruns are a big hit. decades later on cable tv. >> a classic moment. >> i hate to laugh at that but it really was. marcia, marcia, marcia! >> these shows did illuminate these struggles teenagers had, albeit in this semi-perfect way. >> right. >> sherwood schwartz died yesterday of intestinal infection, he was 94 years old. >> what a career. he definitely gave a lot of us a lot of joy watching those shows. i think most people e consider florence henderson to be america's mom, mrs. brady. >> exactly, right. and you know, the characters within "gilligan's island," he talked about how it was a social microcosm, looking at how people of different backgrounds had to get together and figure things out.

i would consider myself the professor. you ginger? >> you would be the perfect professor. >> i think you'd be ginger. >> are you a ginger or a marianne? everybody knows what that vernacular means. take a look at your forecast here now. before things get too spicy around here. heat advisories from texas and across much of the southeast. thunderstorms in new orleans, montgomery, and miami. hail and 80-mile-an-hour winds from kentucky to colorado. heavy rain in the desert southwest. scattered thunderstorms in the northeast. >> 67 in seattle. dallas hits 101. omaha 82. detroit 79. near 90 here in new yorkrk. 99 in atlanta. one more nod to "the brady bunch." you're hearing "it's a sunshine day." 1973 song. >> makes you want to bust out your yellow lemon leisure suit, right? after winning one of the most memorable games in the history of women's soccer the women of team usa have two more games to win before they can claim the world cup. >> their march to the finals continues today in germany with

a semifinals match against france. emotions will be riding high especially after their historic victory agaiainst brazil on penalty kicks over the weekend. unbelievable sports match. i can't get over it. >> it really is incredible. everybody expected brazil to win. it was quite an upset. if you are plannnning on playin hooky, phoning in to the boss, today's game will take place at 11:30 a.m. eastern and it can be seen on our sister network espn. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now."

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all right. as parents, even as parents, we've all been there before. you go to dinner and a noisy child ruins everything.

of course other children, not your children. >> of course not our children. we're talking about a restaurant in pittsburgh that is looking to fix this problem. they've decided to completely ban kids under the age of 6. because they're just too loud. well, wtae's jim parsons has more on that. >> reporter: it's mostly known for its golf driving range. but for nine years mcdain's in monroeville also has been serving dinner. starting next weekend, that service will end for children under age 6. owner mike vuick says little kids are just too noisy. >> nothing wrong with babies but the fact is you can't control their volume. there may be restaurants that prefer to cater to such things. not here. i think it's the height of being impolite and selfish, and so therefore i instituted a policy. >> there you go. yum! >> reporter: stephanie kelly has been going to mcdain's for dinner once a week since her son was born a year ago. now her child will be banned. >> it was an ignorant decision.

you know, who says that at 6 you're magically mature enough to eat in a restaurant? >> reporter: customers we polled at mcdain's sasa kids in the restaurant don't bother them but think support vuick's right to deny service to them. >> it's up to him. if he thinks they're a problem under 6 i think the patrons should abide by that. >> what did you say? determination, yes.hat's his out they go. >> i am offended. it's like we're being discriminated against because we have children. >> reporter: vuick says, get a babysitter. >> we've had the place 22 years, the restaurant nine. i've noticed in nine years there are certain parents who can't leave their children at home. their child maybe as it should be is the center of their universe but they don't realize it's not the center of the universe. >> so as you can imagine this stirs up a lot of response from people. >> it certainly does. >> it has been our question at wnnfans.com. people very polarized and split on this. often aligning along parental

lines. >> right, if you have kids. >> i love this from ginger. being a waitress, we should be able to ban rude people. >> i think i should be able to bring my dogs to restaurants because they never cry, they sit politely and quietly, they're happy with a bowl of water. >> take the doggie bag home with the kidsds >> get a babysitter? if he only knew how hard it is to get a babysitter, are you kidding me. it takes like an act of congress. we know how that's going. >> we'll be right back.

typically it's the boys who do all the roughhousing in sports. they have all the fun. but girls are getting into the action as well. >> that's right. they're strapping on the pads and taking up the popular retro sport of roller derby. here's abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: if these women look like hell on wheels, they are. you're in austin, texas, the capital of the lone star state

and the cradle of modern-day roller derby civilization. yes, ready or not, roller derby is back. and it's all grown up. >> let them hear you if you love them, ladies and gentlemen! >> reporter: meet margaret thackler. by day, a mimi-mannered math and science teacher. so beloved by her students she was voted teacher of the year. >> okay, we'll do it. >> reporter: a wife and mother of two. but by night -- >> i like knocking people down. >> reporter: she is -- >> olivia! >> reporter: olivia shooting john of the hot rod honeys. how did this young mother go from teaching trigonometry to kids to body-checking grown women? >> one of the girlfriends that i played soccer with said she wanted to try out. and i thought, well, i'll go with you as a supporter. >> and you didn't know what it was? >> i had no clue. i didn't find out until five

months later. what even the game looked like. >> reporter: each team has a skater called the jammer who scores points by passing other skaters, called blockers, who are doing their best to knock her down. they go around and around like this for an hour. you don't worry about getting hurt? >> i don't. i think i worry morerebout hurting other people with my over-the-top play. >> remind me to stay off the track when you're around. >> reporter: the sport is so popular(úrá even has a junior league. the derby brats. a new generation, derby fans hope, will ensure this sport doesn't disappear again. >> if your daughter wants to play roller derby you should be like, yes, that is strong women, awesome. >> repepter: ryan owens, abc news, austin, texas. >> in your roller derby days you had a nickname. >> i did? >> i think it was peggy the pusher. >> you did not want to mess with me back then.

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>> they have to capture this guy, he's injured. >> at least he seems okay for now. >> that can't go on for too much longer though. >> this is leading into our next story out of the "sacramento bee." talking about the california state fair. >> ew! >> i don't know if you can see there some maggots coming out of here. >> no, there is not. >> would you like a bite, peggy? it's really tasty. >> it's high protein. >> this is part of the menu at the california state fair. dried maggots and melted cheese on two slices of bread. >> they're calling it a maggot melt. >> oh, geez, sorry, there was a maggot that tried to get away there, i'm sorry. it's part of their california state fair. lots of other things going on, by the way. >> look at the graphic. >> they've got all sorts of agricultural stuff going on. a kangaroo calf named joey will be out there. we're just having fun. >> we're having good time. you always hear about the disgusting things they serve at the state fair. >> kids love it. >> it's s ke deep fried fat or something. speaking of things you shouldn't eat at the state fair because it can lead to this problem, obese kids. right now there is an article and a bunch of parents that are protesting this.

they're saying that parents who have obese children, very obese children, you've heard about this in the news, we're talklkg about super obese kids, should actually lose custody of those children because it is poor parenting to allow those kids to be so overweight and it's very unhealthy. what would happen to the kids dy after they confiscated the overweight children. where would they go? >> education would play a big role in all of this for parents too. finally -- we should say by the way pixar is part of the disney parent company, as well as abc news. we're talkininabout the movie "up!" in herriman, utah, check this out. there's a house that's built to the exact dimensions from the house from "up!" they can add balloons to it at some point. it's up for sale there in utah. >> how much? >> how much is it? i'm not sure how much it's going for. >> it's worth it, whatever it is. >> it's $400,000, roughly. >> 2,800 square feet. >> fantastic m mie, by the way. >> i love when it daniel says house. because yoyo canadian comes out. i've got to talk to you about a house, eh.owowowowowowowowowowod

this morni this morning on "world news now," summer simmer. the intense heat that is gripping the nation. it is taking its toll. >> two dozen states under heat warnings and advisories with temperatures that feel like 120 degrees. it's a steaming hot wednesday, july 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning. i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. this heat wave has now turned fatal. today's going to be another hot one across much of the country. and now there's one more threat from mother nature, a severe drought in some farming states. folks there just can't catch a break. it's adding insult to injury. >> that's for sure. of course we're going to be talking about the cattle and the impact on a lot of the farmers' crops. >> right, no grass.

>> very serious issue for a lot of folks there. also coming up, a true war hero. we're going to introduce you to an army sergeant who almost didn't finish high school. find out what he did to earn the highest military honor. definitely a hero, that's for sure. >> an unbelievably selfless act that he performed in the line of duty. later this half hour, a dog named sasha who fell 150 feet off a cliff and survived without food or water for days. see who found sasha when her humans had just about given up on her. >> oh, she's a cutey, too. >> you think cats have nine lives. dogs have got nine lives too. >> nothing cuter than dog in a cast, we should have a dog in a cast alert right there. >> she's like, i'm going to lie down now. we do begin with a blast of oppressive hot air that has nearly half the country feeling like a furnace. >> from texas to the east coast, 100 million people are struggling to cope with warnings and advisories posted again, the sweltering heat is being blamed for several deaths. more from abc's scott goldberg. >> reporter: there's a difference between hot and

dangerously hot. and already thererare signs this summer can kill. >> it kind of makes you realize that, you know, it can happen to you. >> reporter: in jackson, mississippi, a 61-year-old died after working in his yard. in nearly two dozen states, there are heat advisories. health experts worry humidity could push the heat index to 120 degrees, so hot the human body can't cool itself. >> the way our bodies deal with heat is sweating. as the humidity goes up you can't effectively sweat and your body takes the full brunt of that temperature. >> reporter: when the heat breaks the summer still is menacing. in the midwest storm winds gusted up to 85 miles an hour, killing at least one person, injuring six. across the south, it's the lack of rain that's troublesome. a drought that some predict could rival the depression-era dust bowl. as the heat rolls east, a strain in the electrical grid knocked out power to parts of manhattan. the power company is urging customers to save energy. staying cool here means

new yorkers might have to visit one of the city's official cooling stations at senior centers or libraries. or someplace less official, like this. ju(uq" and sun block. >> reporter: there's the classic city solution, the fire hydrant. all ways of coping with this young summer that t ready has made a searing impression. scott goldberg for abc news, new york. >> folks are encouraged to do that, open up the neighborhood fire hydrant. >> anything you can do to stay cool. definitely as we say, check in on folks who might not have air conditioning and look out for pets, the whole nine yards. also taking a look at today's weather, we do have severe storms with hail and gusty winds from denver to rapid city. also st. louis and louisville. showers in the pacific northwest. more rain in the four corners region. thunderstorms from new orleans to tallahassee. and cooler with widely scattered showers in the northeast. >> it's a sunshine day is the song we're listening to. >> the bradys. >> that's "the brady bunch" song. 84 in boston, 89 here in new york. upupr 70s from fargo to detroit. 101 in dallas.

102 in phoenix. sacramento climbs to 80. and salt lake city 90. the tsa is on the defensive this morning after a new congressional report on airport security breaches. that report shows that there have been more than 25,000 breaches at airports since late 2001. that's one breach for every 170,000 passengers. members of congress meet today to investigate airport security ten years after the 9/11 attacks. another topic that congress is no doubt growing weary of, budget talks. they've stalled. but republican lawmakers have unexpectedly offered the president new powers to avert a financial crisis. abc's jake tapper has the latest now from the white house. >> reporter: republican senate leader mitch mcconnell presented the unusual proposal to empower the president to raise the debt ceiling while congress votes to disapprove. >> i still want to cut spending. i was hoping he wanted to cut spending without extracting as a condition for cutting spending what we believe are job-killing

tax increases. >> reporter: president obama told cbs news if this impasse is not resolved before default day, august 2nd, there will be an immediate effect on social security, veterans' benefits, and medicaid. >> i cannot guarantee those checks go out on august 3 if we haven't resolved this issue. >> this is turning into a laugh except it's nothing funny about it. >> reporter: former republican senator alan simpson who co-chaired the deficit commission said the american people are rightly disgusted and he's personally bothered by republicans undermining any chance of speaker boehner compromising. >> if that's the stuff that's going on in my party, where the pettiness overcomes the patriotism, it's disgusting to me. >> reporter: a democrat familiar with negotiations said at the most recent meeting there is a growing recognition that they needed to put aside the talking points and get to work. but the clock is ticking. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. a suburban, new orleans man arrived home from work to find a horrific scene. his wife and t tee small daughters were shot to death.

the girls were all in one bed with their mother lying across them and a gun at the foot of the bed. at this point police believe it was a case of murder-suicidede overseas where funeral services are set tomorrow for the brother of afghan president hamid karzai. walid karzai was gunned down by a trusted associate at his home in kandahar yesterday. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack but there's doubt about the rebel group's involvement. in a moving white house remony president obama awarded the nation's highest military honor to army sergeant first class leroy petry for bravery in the line of fire. petry's actions cost him his right hand but he saved the lives of his comrades. here's abc's john donvan. >> reporter: above and beyond. that's where leroy petry went in may 2008. afghanistan, his seventh tour of duty. these pictures from before he found out what he was made o o with the true sign of that today being a ceremony, a certain discomfort at the attention. >> to be singled out is very

humbling. >> reporter: perhaps, yes, for a kid who used to get into fights and who almost failed in high school. but who out there picked up a live enemy grenade to toss it away to save his comrades. it cost him his right hand. but he's alive, rare for medal of honor winners who usually are honored posthumously. but there's also this. leroy petry decided he's not done. and when he re-enlisted he took the oath with his right hand. his new one. john donvan, a a news, washington. >> you know, the medal of honor was given yesterday on the award's 149th anniversary. president lincoln signed the medal of honor act in 1862. >> how cool is that? also, he's now been assigned to a military base near tacoma, washington, where he's going to help other war veterans as well to transition back into everyday civilian life whicicis really difficult for a lot of veterans. >> still keeps on giving. quite a guy. opening statements are expected today in the perjury trial of baseball great roger clemens.

at issue is whether clemens lied to congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugug say they have little or no n who interest in baseball. all right, for the second consecutive year the national league snagged baseball's bragging rights in last night's all-star game. >> milwaukee's prince fielder crushed a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth inning, a play that earned him the mvp prize. ten national league pitchers combined to keep the american league to just six hits. it was sort of a low-scoring affair by comparison to some years. >> take a look at that beard. they say they do that for intimidation purposes. the final score on this one 5-1. the victory gives the national league home field advantage in the world series. see, i'm interested. i can't believe they say women aren't interested in baseball. >> see? by the way, we should point out there was a moment of silence before the game, has to do with the victims of the tucson shootings in january. of course this game took place in phoenix. so a nod to congresswoman gabby giffords there as s ll. >> absolutely, as a lot of people are still thinking about

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it's like a pitcher, you've got to do stretches first. >> i always know this story's coming up because you start stretching two minutes before. >> exactly. i'm getting old now. >> this is as we call it our favorite story of the day. >> why not. >> for crying out loud. all right. they say a cat has nine lives. it was a seattle dog that actually cheated death. in seattle people love their dogs. >> they do. they love their dogs everywhere, don't they? in fact she fefe 150 feet down a cliff right in front of her owners who were shocked.

she managed to fight the elements and the odds to survive. >> and she's my best friend. and she's been there and she's been a source of joy and companionship. >> reporter: it's a reunion gwen hall and her boyfriend jim krieger thought might never come. the sight of their 5-year-old bernese mountain dog alive. last wednesday sasha fell 150 feet off a cliff on mt. eleanor in the olympic national forest. >> this goat appeared and sasha saw the goat and the goat took off running and sasha took off after it. >> reporter: devastated they searched for hours. with the steep cliffs and rocky terrain they knew they needed help. >> my dog would never leave me. she'd die. she'd stay and die. and i'm leaving her. and jim juststaid, we're $eaving to go get her help. >> reporter: they made a simple flyer and contacted mountain rescue. two days later a team of six volunteers rappelled down the cliff and found the dog. for three days with no food or

water, she'd laid on an icy ledge with a broken leg, alone. >> he said, and she's got a broken leg. and then i -- i just fell on the ground. i said, oh my god, are you telling me she's alive? he's like, she's alive. and i just was weeping and crying. i was so emotional. good girl, sasha. >> reporter: gwen says after searching high and low, part of the reason sasha made it home is due to a higher power. >> because w wlove each other so much. she fought to stay alive up there, i know it. >> i get that. i do. >> dogs and their curiosity. >> yes, it's amazing. >> not unlike cats if they see something like that, a goat. >> three days with a broken leg. that is great news that she's doing well. >> she is, in fact. she was released from the tacoma veteran h hpital tuesday morning and is expected to make a full recovery. >> which we like. she's got the doggy cast. do you sign the doggy cast? i think you do. >> no lamp shade. coming up, keeping your cool in the summer heat. >> that's right. we're going to get expert beauty advice on that coming up. vice on that coming up.

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contains great micro-massaging beads. slough off that dead skin. prep that canvas to help your mamaup adhere. >> that's how you should look at it, prepping the canvas. >> prep the canvas. that's the first step. the next step is to apply a mattefying moisturizer. this is different than a regular moisturizer because it contains ingredients that are going to sop up that oil and keep you from looking shiny. follow with a modifying moisture. this one is from pierre thomas ross. all-day oil control. also has spf. >> won't get shiny, don't get greasy, love that. >> if you learn nothing else from this segment, primer is the key to great makeup in the summer. >> sometimes i spring for the primer, sometimes i don't, ç because i think it's another step, i don't really need it. >> it contains ingredients, usually silicone, that help the pigments in your makeup stay put. so really simple. it is one more step. if you're going to need your

makeup to stay put all night long, thisiss what you need. this is actually one of my favorite products from nars. because it contains spf. so you're getting that great protection as well. also contains great anti-oxidants. speaking of primer. if you get oily eyelids, i do in the summer and your eye makeup slips off. >> into creases. >> they make special primer for your eyelids. urban decay, has a yellow tint that cuts down on the redness. then you're going to want to put on some tinted moisturizer. ditch that heavy foundation. instead go for a tinned moisturizer. it's lighter, won't cake. this is the chanel hydromax. real luxurious but a great product. >> i love that idea because foundation does sink into your wrinkles and the make you look older. >> it can, absolutely. but this is not going to sweat off. >> all right. >> so then this is one of my favorite concealers. it's the lancome waterproof undereye concealer. if you dab this on under your dark circles, then you could seriously take a dip in the swimming pool, come back out, and the product is still going to be on your face. >> that's a great product. perfect for summertime and the pool.

>> finally, you apply concealer wherever you need it. if you have a blemish, under the eyes. then you're going to take your fluffy brush, dust it into this translucent powder. this is from shiseido. that's going to set your makeup and absorb shine. this is a really key step. >> it looks white but you're saying it's translucent? >> exactly. anyone can use this product. >> this is really interesting. tell me about this. >> this is the tart lock and roll eye shadow. it's long-wearing, contains special ingredients that are going to help it stay put. this is a really cool, unique thing. who's ever seen a roller ball eye shadow? >> that is incredible. >> a really gorgeous color, works on all colors, all skin tones. it's really gorgeous, really great shimmer. >> i love that. i like the glitter too for summer. >> it's not going to crease. that's my favorite part. >> disco eye shadow, i like that. >> these are some fun colors for summer. this is steeler, it's a a waterproof liquid eye liner. great for just a really fun, hot, trendy look. . >> okay.

>> that's going to stay put. also clinique long-wearing mascara. that's not going to flake or smudge in the heat. then you wanted to go for a long-wearing lipstick because your lipstick can budgdgtoo. if you're sweaty or if you hop into the pool. >> right. >> this one's from loreal. contains lots of great ingredients that help it stay put. i love this one because it doesn't make my lips feel dry. still feels really moisturized. >> okay. >> then this is another genius product for makeup forever. really amazing. it fixes your makeup in place after you've done all of these steps. you're going to mist it on your face and it really helps your makeup stay put. great for summer weddings. >> terrific idea. >> it will look great on the dance floor. >> even at the reception when you're jumping around the place. awesome tips, thank you so much, we really appreciate you coming by.

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♪ green acres is the place to be ♪ ♪ fine living is the life for me ♪ ♪ land spreading out far and wide ♪ ♪ keep manhattan just give meme that countryside new york is where i'd rather stay ♪ it's going to become more obvious in a second why that song is playing. >> exactly. and that last line was key. we're talking abouounew york and how it is known to be the center of the u uverse for just about everything. there's finance, of course, entertainment, cululre, don't forget the food. >> exactly. one thing it's not exactly known for is gardening. but some local farmers are trying to change that. here's abc's karen russo. >> reporter: ben flannor is a farmer, which is why he's so focused on the ground. >> i don't care about the view too much.

i'm usually looking down while i'm farming. >> reporter: most people are captivated by the view because the 6,000 square foot farm is built on a rooftop in queens, new york. it's called brooklyn grange. a farm six stories above the city with sweeping views of the new york skyline. it's believed to be the largest such farm in the world. >> this is one of our more popular crops. this is chervil, french herb. lots of beans here. >> you say the parsley is back that way? >> yes. >> reporter: flannor is an urban farmer, part of a growing trend across the country. >> it started with a desire to farm and also a reluctance to leave the city. >> i can't believe you have chickens on a roof. >> the highest flock in new york city. >> reporter: chase emmons is in charge of business development for the farm. >> in the first year of operation they were able to cover all their operating expenses from gross revenues. it is definitely a unique market but we also can command unique prices. >> reporter: one customer is new york city chef patrick connelly.

he has a unique relationship with flannor. >> most chefs in these days have these tight relationships with their farmers. i mean, this is the only instance where i live in the same neighborhood as my farmer. >> you see that big one that we got? >> yeah. >> he'll come to the restaurant and have a drink and we'll eat and chitchat and text back and forth. so it's awesome to have that kind of closeness. >> reporter: in two seasons, brooklyn grange has produced dozens of varieties of crops for market. hoping to add more each year, they keep their focus away from the view and keep it on the ground. karen russo, abc news, new york. >> how about that. great idea. there's a lot of roof space but not a lot of garden space in manhattan. >> that's true. incidentally for those of you new yorkers and people familiar with the five boroughs why is it called brooklyn grange if it's in queens? that's because they started their company in 2009. they thought they had a brooklyn site locked up and they established an llc. here you see the new-age farmers.

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this morning on "world news now," record heat. dangerously hot temperatures break records and make history. >> as miserable people who have been coping with this extreme row desperate for relief. it's wednesday, july 13th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm daniel sieberg in for rob nelson. >> i'm peggy bunker. the hellish conditions have turned deadly as the intense heat hit extra early this summer. for farmers and ranchers it's also a big concern. the drought could drive up food prices. so far there's no significant rain. we don't have a lot here in the forecast for the day. it's very tough. >> exactly. >> considering their cattle, their crops. >> of course it is approaching the middle of summer but we're talking about extreme temperatures really becoming an extreme problem for some folks. >> very tough drought, yes.

also ahead, critical questions about a presidential candidate's spouse. michele bachmann's husband, a therapist, actually a marriage therapist, is accused of helping gay patients go straight. so why won't bachmann answer questions about this controversy? our brian ross dug into this story. >> you saw this yesterday. she was at the capitol really dodging questions. said she was focusing on the economy, finding jobs, looking for ways to resolve the issues going on in terms of the budget but not answering this question specifically. >> folks want answers. later this half hour, a freakish situation for a florida mom and her brand-new baby. the 3-month-old almost lost a toe because of a strand of hair thth was in her sock. >> those little feet, so cute. >> we're both familiar with little toes like that. this is an issue parents need to look out for. i learned about this in my baby care class.

>> not something most young parents or parents of young children would think about, though. very unusual. >> very important story. first, the brurul heat that is just not letting up across the south. >> nearly a dozen states remain under heat advisories from texas to virginia. several heat-related deaths have been reported. it was so hot in north carolina, 50,000 chickens died on a farm when the power there went out. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: across north georgia where the heat and humidity made it feel like 105, the local tree trimmers gave up at 2:00 p.m. and called it a day. >> we had a fellow that actually fell out even at 9:30 in the morning from heat exhaustion, was throwing up. >> reporter: it's miserable heat. oklahoma city's 14th straight day above 100 degrees. in union county, south carolina, they were handing out fans and they ran out. >> it concerns me because there are people out there who are suffering when something as small as a $15 fan could make a difference in their life. >> reporter: it was so dangerously hot, summer school in philadelphia was forced to close early. city inspectors in dallas went from home to home, making sure families had air conditioners that worked.

>> most of the time i get out with the water hose and water the house down to try to cool it off some. it's kind of really rough. >> reporter: since the start of this month alone, record temperatures were either matched or broken nearly 670 different times. in cities across the country. >> i can't remember it being this hot this early and this long. >> reporter: adding insult to injury is the drought now gripping farm and ranch lands in the deep south and southwest. they haven't seen a drought like this in some places since the 1950s and parts of texas are breaking drought records set in 1917. the federal government has declared the entire state a disaster area, with $3 billion in agricultural losses. ranchers in tulsa were selling what they would normally keep. with no rain there's no hay to feed the cattle. the beef prices you pay are about to rise even higher. >> we can expect less beef production and higher prices in the future. on top of what are already

record retail prices for consumers. >> reporter: add the humidity and all of this feels even worse. and this comes at a terrible time. as cities and counties across the country are closing pools and parks like these that help families beat the heat.ç steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> i'd like to be out in that fountain later today. >> a lot of folks would. yesterday here was particularly sweltering. it was really tough for a lot of folks to get outside and get away from the heat. >> very punishing. here is your wedneay weather. strong storms with damaging winds from denver to louisville. thunderstorms likely from boston to d.c. showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast. heavy downpours in the rockies. some folks in texas would love those. wet around seattle to portland. >> we'll take some of those showers. that looks actually pretty good. we do have 86 in boise. 91 in albuquerque. triple digits again in phoenix. 70s in the twin cities and chicago. 84 in boston. 90s from new orleans to baltimore. the tsa can expect some heat

today after a new congressional report on airport security breaches. that report just out this morning shows more than 25,000 security breaches have been reported at airports since late 2001. that's one breach for every 170,000 passengers. lawmakers meet today to address the airport security situation nearly ten years after the 9/11 attacks. >> we've been getting a lot of reaction here at abc to the investigation into the counseling center run by presidential candidate michele bachmann and her husband. mental health professionals tell us the approach the bachmanns use to treat homosexuality could be very dangerous. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has a follow-up. >> reporter: no one at the bachmann clinic was talking. and the clinic's website, which had described its christian counseling, was no longer available online. >> the truth is god has designed our eyes to be attracted to the woman's body. >> reporter: and the undercover video shot by a gay rights group inside the clinic prompted mental health professionals to question whether the bachmann

clinic receives medicaid payments for a therapy they say is not only ineffective, but could seriously harm patients. >> this is mostly faith healing. there's a lot of technical language that sounds like mainstream psychology or mainstream psychiatry but it's not. >> this is far outside the mainstream of practice? >> this is so far outside the mainstream, it's practically on mars. >> reporter: on capitol hill, michele bachmann would not respond to the criticism from the mental health professionals. >> i'm not doing any interviews now, thank you, though. >> is there a reason that you're unwilling to discuss the exact methods used in this clinic for -- >> well, i'm focusing on turning the economy around and on jobs. so that's what i'm focusing on. >> were you aware of the methods that he was using in his clinic for reparatory therapy for homosexuals? >> thank you. >> reporter: mental health experts say the harm comes when patients try to change but they can't change. and then feel either further depressed or in some cases suicidal. brian ross, abc news, new york.

disturbing new video shows that the man who kidnapped jaycee dugard was targeting other children. the home video shows philip and nancy garrido secretly taping boys and girls at a playground. one of the videos shows them at the playground pretending to tape philip garrido singing. actually, they're really trying to capture images of the children behind him. orlando prosecutors have decided not to file perjury charges against casey anthony's mother. cindy anthony stunned trial watchers when she testified she was the one who did web searches for chloroform on the family's home computer, not casey. she initially told police she had not done the searches. testimony from co-workers showed cindy anthony had been at work when those searches were d de. overseas where a former british leader is speaking out against the murdoch media empire. personal details about gordon brown's family life suddenly showed up in the headlines of a murdoch-owned paper. now brown is demanding answers. abc's jeffrey kofman reports from london.

>> reporter: just before gordon brown became britain's prime minister, he and his wife discovered their infant son had cystic fibrosis. that private family trauma was suddenly splashed across the front page of the murdoch-owned "sun." brown says it was devastating. >> in tears. your son is now going to be broadcast across the media. sararaand i were incredibly upset about it. >> reporter: and another murdoch paper, "the sunday times," was allegedly using known criminals to hack into brown's tax records, his bank accounts. brown says it was a vendetta because murdoch didn't like his politics. >> i'm shocked. i'm genuinely shocked to find this happened. because of the links with criminals, known criminals, who are undertaking this activity. >> reporter: even the royals were targeted. there are damning allegations that murdoch management knew years ago "news of the world" had breached state security but didn't tell police. it's alleged the paper's royal reporter asked the editor for

$1,600 so he could buy a top-secret directory called the green book which contains all the confidential phone numbers of the royal family and their staff. the crisis is spinning out of control for rupert murdoch. a huge deal to expand his ownership of tv here is collapsing. he's now been called to testify before a committee of the british parliament. a a ge comedown for a man who just over a week ago was on top of the world. jeffrey kofman, abc news, london. >> as we've been highlighting, he had other deals in the works a lot of focus is on one of his editors who they say knew what was going on, that a lot of these personal sources were being hacked. >> rebecca brooks. exactly. "the sun," one of rupert murdoch's publications is now fighting back. the headline "brown wrong." he's sayayg he wasas part of this in some ways, that it wasn't a secret probe. this is going back and forth between these two sides and it's still unraveling. a lot of details to come. >> more details every single day. at least when we come in, we hear more about this. >> very controversial. we're marking another last in the era of the space shuttle.

sort of a bittersweet thing here. >> say it ain't so. take a look at this, the "atlantis" astronauts have completed their last-ever space walk. they spent about 6 1/2 hours outside the shuttle retrieving a broken pump and attaching a satellite-refueling module. >> this is hard work. by the way. i know it looks like they're just floating around. this is exhausting stuff. they also took some time to admire the view, of course. about 245 miles below. checking out the blue marble. and the kennedy space center. on the next swing around, mission control in houston. >> which is very sad. you look at it, looks like they're still. but actually they're, of course, circling around. >> they are moving at 17,500 miles an hour. to put that into perspective that's 5 miles a second. >> nerd alert. no, it's true. it's amazing what they can do and how skilled they are. you have to hand it to those astronauts. >> it is the end of an era. we'll be back with more "world news now." ♪

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we know ther we know there's a lot of parents watching right now, up in the middle of the night taking care of your baby with a baby in the house here's something you maybe haven't thought about that could be an issue. we're talking about a little tiny strand of hair. >> exactly. this one baby actually in tampa, a tampa suburb, almost lost a toe because of that strand of hair. that's right, you did hear us right. wfts has the story. >> are you happy? >> reporter: like most moms kimberly grubbs loves her baby. she never imagined something her baby loves, her hair, would be dangerous. >> you'd never think your hair would be a weapon. >> reporter: she found it was. thursday night norah would not stop crying. playing with her toes normally calms norah down. so kimberly took off her socks. >> i saw hair wrapped around the three fingers that were close right there.

>> reporter: the hair was so tightly wrapped, kimberly was afraid to cut them off. mother's instinct told her to hospital.h to the closest the e.r. at uch. inside the pediatric unit, she didn't even have to wait. she knew her intuition was right. norah was in trouble. >> four nurses came in, the doctor came in, they were holding her down, and she was screaming at the top of her lungs and i was crying, she was crying. >> reporter: sure enough, the doctor and daniel green, the physician's assistant working on norah, told her it was her hair wrapped around three of her baby's toes. doctors told kimberly the hairs were likely in norah's socks and got there in the laundry. >> threads of hair were wrapped so tightly around her skin it started to erode into her skin and her whole toe was red and angry-looking. >> reporter: kimberly showed me hospital after the hairs were removed. apparently she got there in the nick of time. >> if she would have waited much longer she probably would have lost her toe. >> reporter: at first this mother thought, what are the

chances of that? turns out, pretty high, according to the doctor. >> he said it was very common. and they have a name for it. hair tourniquet syndrome. which i didn't even know they'd have a name for it or that it was common. >> those toes are so kissable. >> they are. that's something a lot of parents should look out for. the toes or if you have a boy baby, it's the other area. you've got to look out for that. >> you're absolutely right, you never know. >> i learned this at the hospital. >> parents don't always think of these things. it's more common in infants because babies can't move away from the hair. we've both got infants, we know how that goes. >> that's exactly right. coming up, drama for actress halle berry and this was no act. >> this was really terrifying. also from the governor's mansion to a marital scandal, now to a brand-new acting role. we'll tell you what's coming up next for arnold schwarzenegger. "the skinny" is around the corner. we'll tell you what's coming up next for arnold schwarzenegger. "the skinny" is around the corner.

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see if you can figure out who this actor is. >> i'll be back! >> i'll be right back. >> i'll be back! >> i'll be back. >> i'll be back. >> i think everyone knows. >> did you get it? turns out arnold schwarzenegger wasn't kidding. he is going to be back in a new movie called "the last stand," a western flick. this not long after the controversy between him anan maria shriver, his love child with the housekeeper, all these things that have spun out of his exit from the governor's office. >> hollywood's very forgiving, though. >> and you do have to wonder, has he lost a lot of fans? will they stick around? are they still interested in him as an action hero now that he's a little older than he was before? he's 63. >> we've also been seeing him as a governator more than the terminator. going right from a politicianç back to the movie screen. >> we'll see. >> we'll see how it goes. he's got to earn some cash to payayor that settlement. >> good point. >> yeah. all right. this is very scary. we're talking about halle berry. she's recently gotten a restraining order against this stalker that continues to harass her.

his name is richard franco, he's 27 yearsrsld, he's been arrested several times for stalking her. now get this, she was in her kitchen. she looked out -- >> he hopped over a security gate at one point, right? >> hopped over a fence in her yard and this is a quote, she said, i opened my glass kitchen door, closed it behind me, i sensed somebody behind me and turned to see this intruder who i'd seen in my yard before standing less than a foot behind me, staring at me through my kitchen door. >> you hate to see any celebrity go through something like that. halle berry just seems so lovely. >> he's supposed to be 100 yards away from her, her daughter, her house, her car, her workplace. we'll see how that goes. because this guy's in a lot of trouble. arrested him on her property. >> right. good point. all right. the planking craze continues. if you don't know what planking is, go to the internets and type in the word planking. >> it's weird. >> the idea is that you pose in this vertical position, as still as you can and this is katy

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a new robot that will not only keep you in touch with your toddler but it also teaches them as well. we have this report from seoul, korea. >> reporter: for working parents wanting to keep an eye on their little ones at home, this new robot works as a remote-controlled video camera, video phone, and a fun toy for all. developed by a south korean company, key-bot is the world's first intelligent robot for toddlers. the leap in technology is these cards equipped with radio frequency identification technology. rfid. in other words, intelligent bar codes. it makes it easy and simple enough for babies to operate. just a simple tap with the mommy card connects joey with a video call with her mom at work. but for parents the benefit is the other way around. when mom gina calls in, she can remotely move around key-bot to find her kids. >> i can move the things around and see their face. not calling them into the screen. but i usually have to call for, where's the baby? i look for the chance that the babysitter shows me around.

but now like i can control the thing. >> reporter: another big-time merit is the entertaining aspect of this high-tecech interactive toy that read can read, teach and sing in multi languages. >> translator: i like it because it teaches words in english which i cannot do. >> reporter: programs are downloadable by just touching the screen, no synchronizing involved. plenty of high-tech toys are out in the market. the huge breakthrough is that this is a connected communicating device, all possible here in south korea ç since 98% of homes have broadband access, making it the world's most wired country. abc news, seoul. >> south korea, very much on the cutting edge of technology. no, not cheap. >> no. it's going to cost you about 447 bucks if you're interested in getting one of those. >> if you do get one you can go to the website and get 300 children's songs, fairy tales and animation. whatever works in some cases to connect with your children. >> it's very much high-tech connection. what ever happened to the sock

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